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Bubonic Plague and the Crusades Two Events that Shaped the Middle Age in Europe What is the Black Death? • An infectious disease • Caused by a bacteria • Spread by infested fleas and rats • Killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages • Treatable with antibiotics today Death Toll • 1347- 1352 -Killed 5- 35% of total European population • 1563-1636- Killed 10-30% • 1630- Killed 35- 69% Italian Version • 1709-1713- Killed 30- 49% • Estimated Total Deaths- 137 Million ! ! ! They did not have CNN Live 24/7 but at least they had art! • Artistic Interpretation of the Black Death Effects of Plague • Depopulation • Interruption of feudal system- less peasants • Groups persecuted (Jews, lepers, people with acne) scapegoats Effects of Plague- Continued • Skepticism towards religion • Culture became very morbid and pessimistic • Lots of death reflected in art The End…
